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dsless

join:2001-05-16
Pittsburgh, PA
reply to geonap
Re: nice

Why not just default 404. If you actually want the service you can opt-in!


en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
Personally - I WISH that it was the case, however, since ALL of these companies get money for ads, there's no incentive.
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digitalfreak

join:2005-12-09
49533

reply to dsless
said by dsless See Profile :

Why not just default 404. If you actually want the service you can opt-in!
For the same reason that nearly everything in the advertising market is opt-out. Very few people would actually want to opt-in to this garbage, so they hope that you forget about opting out.


John Anon

@comcast.net

reply to dsless
404 is an HTTP response from a server you've already found, not a DNS response saying DNS can't find the server. (That's an NXDOMAIN response.) And no, I don't want Comcast intercepting and replacing 404 responses, either!

Now, if Comcast wants to stick an option in their Comcast toolbar browser plugin thingy that performs the same function, fine. It's opt-in by default, and it's code that only affects the browser, which makes perfect sense because the browser is the only consumer application to have problems with unresolvable names.


dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ

reply to dsless
said by dsless See Profile :

Why not just default 404. If you actually want the service you can opt-in!
But but but... theres no $$$money$$$ in opt in!
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